The
aim of “ICT as a Tool for Young Voices” program is to promote the involvement
of young people in the development of their communities in Armenia, as well as
to assist them in developing their skills to reveal the issues and needs of
their communities, and finding solutions to the issues. The project is also a
great way for the participants to improve their knowledge in ICT and social
media for the benefit of their communities.
The
project resulted in the following:
- The total number of project
participants is 317 (174 girls and 143 boys), who all come from 10 regions
of Armenia and Yerevan. The age of participants is between 14 and 30 years
old.
In frames of the program they
have a chance to improve their skills and knowledge in IT and journalism. They
share their investigations, interviews, suggestions, find out and reveal the
community, write about it in their blogs and publish in social networks.
- To increase the youth employment rate in communities 15 young people in each of the selected 10 communities regularly hold discussions, collect materials about upcoming events and important issues in their communities. They also organize online discussions with young people from other communities based in other regions. All these initiatives contribute to revealing the public needs and looking for the ways to solve.
- Raised the level
of youth self-confidence and self-consciousness, especially in regards
with their communities.
- Our beneficiaries
have improved their knowledge in IT and journalism. To increase the
effectiveness of the work we have also distributed netbooks to the groups
in the communities. One of the most important project achievements is the
cooperation between the beneficiaries in Yerevan and the distant
communities. Back in May we have organized a meeting in Noyan Tapan media
center, which hosted 30 beneficiaries from 10 regions. During the meeting
they presented their progress on the projects, shared their experience
with each others and suggested new ideas for further cooperation.
One
of the participants, Astghik Arakelyan, who is the team leader of working group
in Ararat region presented the project of the team.
“Hello,
I am Astghik from Ararat region. I am one of the participants of “ICT as a Tool
for Young Voices” project. In the frame of the project our team has organized
number of trainings, seminars, meetings and discussions to find out the ways of
making our community a better place. Samvel Martirosyan, a very well-known
journalist and blogger in Armenia held a series of workshops for us and shared
lots of tips and practical advices on IT usage and journalism. In the result I
have started my own blog and the blog of our regional team.
Thanks to the project I got to know many young
people from other regions, and we started helping each other, sharing ideas and
became friends. This is one of the ways to make our projects more effective.
I was also very happy to have a chance to share my knowledge and skills on IT, effective usage of computers with other young people, who unfortunately didn’t have the opportunity to join the training sessions.
I was also very happy to have a chance to share my knowledge and skills on IT, effective usage of computers with other young people, who unfortunately didn’t have the opportunity to join the training sessions.
It is absolutely necessary to continue the
implementation of this project as it helps us to develop and improve our work
for the benefit of our communities!
I’d like to thank everyone who has ever supported
our project and believed in us, and the GlobalGiving for the chance to show our
work and spread a word about our success.”
